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  • Second in importance only to your relationship with employees is your relationship with your broker. The August EBN features tips on finding the right broker match and strengthening the bond.

    August 5
  • The Center for State and Local Government Excellence has made available two sets of 2006 pension data on its Web site, covering defined DC data for 20 primary plans operated by state governments as well as DB data for 126 state-administered plans. Curious about the health of your pension plan? Compare...

    August 5
  • So very sad that this had to come to litigation, but here you have it. A female crane operator has won the right to pursue a discrimination lawsuit against her employer for telling her that she would have to urinate off the back of the crane like her male colleagues when she needed to go to the bathroom....

    August 5
  • It's a new month, and you know what that means! A new issue of Employee Benefit News. Listen to this month's issue highlights podcast as Editor in Chief Kelley Butler shares her tips for navigating through all of the great content we have available. Don't forget to download your copy today.

    August 5
  • Is your look a bit outdated, professionally speaking? Learn from your benefits industry peers how to give yourself a career makeover in a report in the August EBN.

    August 4
  • Creating a good news/bad news scenario for employers offering Blues health insurance plans in Minnesota, BCBS Minnesota has announced it will waive copays for members who use retail clinics to receive medical care.

    August 4
  • Whoo boy! That sound you just heard was a new can of worms being opened on the employer liability front, as a D.C. appellate court has ruled that a worker who was fired for not speaking English well enough can pursue a discrimination lawsuit. This is one for employers to watch, as such issues likely are...

    August 4
  • Sadly, our super intern, Dan, has left for the summer, but before he headed back to University of Ohio, he left us this great podcast with Andrea Jackson of IBM. She talks about how to recruit a younger, more mobile workforce.

    August 4
  • Workforce Alliance recently received the Department of Labor's Recognition of Excellence Award in the "Educating America's Workforce to Serve Emerging Industries" category for its biotech training program that granted certificates and provides opportunities for individuals seeking a career in biotechnology....

    August 1
  • Employers advocate that potential new hires develop a Web presence, but video resumes aren't the way to catch their interest, states new research from Robert Half International. Just under a quarter (24%) of employers surveyed says that their companies accept video resumes. More than half (58%) say...

    August 1